It
was at that time a common thing to see Danites going out of Cedar
City and Harmony, with suspected Gentiles, to send them "over the
rim of the basin," and the Gentiles were always sent.

This practice was supported by the people, and everything of that
kind was done by orders from the Council, or by orders from some
of the Priesthood. When a Danite or a Destroying Angel was placed
on a man's track, that man died, certain, unless some providential
act saved him, as in Tobin's case.

The Mormons believe in blood atonement. It is taught by the
leaders, and believed by the people, that the Priesthood are
inspired and cannot give a wrong order. It is the belief of all
that I ever heard talk of these things - and I have been with the
Church since the dark days in Jackson County - that the authority
that orders is the only responsible party and the Danite who does
the killing only an instrument, and commits no wrong. In other
words, if Brigham or any of his apostles, or any of the
Priesthood, gives an order to a Danite, the act is the act of the
one giving the order, and the Danite doing the act only an
instrument of the person commanding - just as much an instrument
as the knife used to cut the throat of the victim. This being the
belief of all good Mormons, it is easily understood why the
orders of the Priesthood are so blindly obeyed by the people.

In 1857 there was an emigrant, a Gentile, who worked a number of
months for Captain Jacob Huffine, at Parowan. This man wanted his
pay; it was not convenient to pay him; he insisted on being paid,
but not getting his wages, determined to leave. He started for
the settlement at Summit, about seven miles from Parowan. The
Indians were sent for and ordered to overtake and kill the man.
They did so, and shot him full of arrows. The man called to the
Indians and told them he was a Mormon and that they must not kill
him. The Indians replied by saying:

"We know you; you are no Mormon, you are a Mericat."

They beat his head with rocks, and cut his throat, and then went
back to Parowan and reported what they had done.

Brother Lancy had formed the acquaintance of the family of Aden
while on a mission to Tennessee, and was saved by Mr. Aden from a
mob that threatened his death because he was a Mormon preacher.
When Fancher's train reached Parowan, Brother Laney met young
Aden and recognized him as the son of the man who had saved his
life. Aden told him he was hungry, and t